It was time to head towards Las Vegas, NV. Since it was more than 300 miles, Joani planned it in two segments. The first leg made it to Kingman, AZ, a reasonably pleasant 231.8 miles (6,689.5 trip/66,170.6 total). Before we left Casa Grande, AZ, we filled up the coach. We had bought enough groceries to get a $0.20 per gallon discount on 35 gallons of diesel at Fry's, so we took the opportunity to fill up. I was pleasantly surprised to find we averaged just over 9.5 mpg over the last 900 miles!
At one point on Arizona highway 93, we headed downhill into what looked a bit like the Grand Canyon. It was, after all, the Colorado River below the Hoover Dam.
We stopped at a Flying J for the night. It had to be one of the busiest we have ever visited. There was a steady stream of trucks in and out. I am amazed at how well the drivers can back a 53-foot trailer into a space with no more than 3 feet to spare on either side. They also seem to have it pretty well calibrated just where the back of the trailer is. Look at the spacing between the two trailers below.
We were extremely lucky to get one of the last pull through parking spaces. There was another motorhome on our street side for the night allowing us to extend the bedroom slide.
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